{"id":10768,"date":"2018-06-25T09:35:34","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T13:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10768"},"modified":"2018-06-25T09:35:34","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T13:35:34","slug":"north-carolina-hospital-charges-man-1011-for-free-cancer-screening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10768","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina hospital charges man $1,011 for &#8216;free&#8217; cancer screening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Alyssa Rege for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review)<\/p>\n<p>A North Carolina resident visited High Point, N.C.-based Bethany Medical Center for a &#8220;free&#8221; cancer screening, but a month later received a bill charging him $1,011 for the visit, according to\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmynews2.com\/article\/news\/local\/2-wants-to-know\/man-gets-big-bill-after-free-cancer-screening\/83-566453677\">WFMY 2<\/a><\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/finance\/north-carolina-hospital-charges-man-1-011-for-free-cancer-screening.html\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/medical-medicare-patient-hospital-bed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7810\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/medical-medicare-patient-hospital-bed-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/medical-medicare-patient-hospital-bed-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/medical-medicare-patient-hospital-bed.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Alyssa Rege for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) A North Carolina resident visited High Point, N.C.-based Bethany Medical Center for a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-health-care-finance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10768"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10769,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10768\/revisions\/10769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}